110 HIKTJNIIINID^. 



p. 254; David ^ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 129 (1877); Butler, Cat. 

 B. Sind etc. p. 13 (1879) ; id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 14 (1880). 



Cotile rupestris, Gray, Hand-l. ^. i. p. 73, no. 872 ( 1869) ; Butler, Str. F. 

 1875, p. 453 ; Hume, I. c. ; Wardlaw Bamsai/, Ibis, 1880, p. 48 ; Bid- 

 duljyh, Ibi^, 1881, p. 47; Gif/lio!i,t. c. p. 192 ; Scully, t. c. p. 427; Dixon, 

 Str. F. 1882, p. 561 ; Seehohm, Ibis, 1883, p. 22 ; Severtz. t. c. pp. 70, 

 81 ; Irby, t. c. p. 183 ; Tristr. Faun. <^- Flor. Palest, p. 62 (1884). 



Cotyle (Pt'yonoprogne) rupestris, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 216 (1876). 



Adult. General colour above light ashy brown, a little darker on 

 the head, the rump and upper tail-coverts decidedly lighter ; wing- 

 coverts and quills dark browu, the inner greater coverts and inner 

 secondaries paler and more like the back ; tail-feathers dark brown, 

 all but the two centre ones and the outermost on each side unspotted, 

 the remainder with a large oval white spot on the inner web ; lores, 

 cheeks, and ear-coverts dull brown ; uuder surface of body creamy 

 buff, becoming deep sandy buff on the lower breast and abdomen ; 

 the chin and upper throat spotted with dusky ; flanks, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts dull smoky brown, the latter slightly edged with 

 rufous ; axillaries and under wing-coverts dull smoky brown with 

 faint rufous margins, more distinct on the small coverts near the 

 edge of the wing ; quills dusky brown below, more ashy along the 

 inner web : " bill black ; legs and feet fleshj-, claws dusky ; iris 

 dark brown " {Scully). Total length 4-8 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 

 4-9, tail 2-05, tarsus.'^0-4. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Young. Differs from the adult bird in being rather darker on the 

 upper parts ; the feathers on the back and scapulars edged with 

 dull rufous ; secondaries distinctly edged with white ; upper tail- 

 coverts margined with dull white ; underparts rather duUer than in 

 the adult bird. (Dresser.) 



Bah. Southern Europe and countries bordering the Mediterranean. 

 Mountains of JST.E. Africa and Palestine, ranging to the Caucasus 

 and Central Asia, the Himalayas and Xilghiris ; occurring also on 

 the mountains of Mongolia and Northern China. 



Berne, Switzerland. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Italy. Purchased. 



Piedmont, May 7 (Sal- R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



vadori). 



Cor.sica. J. Whitehead, Esq. [P.]. 



Salonica. Govild Collection. 



Spain. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



" Soto Ababil." Gould Collection. 



Taugiers. Gould Collection. 



Tangiers. Purchased. 



Tangiers. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Near Senafe, Abyssinia, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 

 Feb. 22, 1868. 



n. d ad. sk. Gennesareth, March 5, F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



1884 (Tristram). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



o. 2 ad. sk. Ain Fijeh, Palestine F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



(Trktram). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



p,q-S 2 ^^- ^^- Jericho. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



